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Our database contains all of TZW’s ongoing research projects and completed projects up to 2010. By filtering by category or time you can find the specific topic you’re looking for.

Our database contains all of TZW’s ongoing research projects and completed projects up to 2010. By filtering by category or time you can find the specific topic you’re looking for.

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Irrigation of urban green spaces with recycled water
Waste water and water cycle
Reuse of water for urban irrigation

Innovative water reuse for urban irrigation with reclaimed water on the scale of an entire city.

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Melting tank liquid steel in a steel mill (Image: shutterstock)
Abgeschlossen-2024
At-line measurement method for rapid analysis of total zinc in process waters (ZinkAtline)

The aim of the project was to develop an at-line measurement method for analysing the total zinc content in process waters from steel production and galvanic surface treatment (galvanizing). The research work was intended to create the conditions for…

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(Image: Stephan Wasiliewski)
Abgeschlossen-2024
New water resources and innovative wastewater treatment (Newa-Lima)

The technology of managed aquifer recharge (MAR), which has been proven in Germany, was introduced in Peru as a nature-based solution. Its potential for the cost-effective supply of high-quality industrial and drinking water in densely populated…

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The Hasselbach was one of the few unpolluted water bodies in this study
Analysis
Persistent and mobile micropollutants in surface waters of lower saxony

Comprehensive monitoring data for many so-called PMT/vPvM-substances is still scarce. A large-scale surface water monitoring program in Lower Saxony now sheds light on the situation and reveals potential risks.

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Abgeschlossen-2024
Reuse of water for urban and agricultural irrigation (Nutzwasser)

The effects of climate change are already evident today resulting in extreme and prolonged dry periods. The use of alternative water resources is thus becoming increasingly important.

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Typical salt contents in process waters compared with contents in drinking waters
Abgeschlossen-2024
Recycling of saline waters (RIKovery)

The project consortium pursued the vision of reuse industrial water flows as completely as possible in order to relieve natural water resources. The task of TZW was the development of an online process monitoring for organic trace substances in…

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Sewage samples can provide indications of hotspots of infection with the SARS-CoV2 virus.
Abgeschlossen-2023
Wastewater based Epidemiology (Biomarker CoV-2)

SARS-CoV-2 was analysed by PCR to detect an early change in the number of COVID-19 cases and to provide more information on the incidence of infection in the population.

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Ca2+ Signalosom (Image: Manfred Frey /STZ Mannheim)
Abgeschlossen-2023
Further development of test methods for endocrine active substances

The aim of the project was to establish a fluorescence-based in vitro assay test system to map rapid non-genomic signaling cascades affected by environmentally relevant endocrine active substances.

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Word clouds on REACH and PMT substances (Image: Michael Neumann/UBA)
Analysis
Substances relevant for drinking water

The German Environment Agency and DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser (German Water Centre) have been highly active in determining the drinking water relevance of anthropogenic chemicals based on their intrinsic substance properties or from the data…

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Sensor system WATERTRACE in a container at the waste water treatment plant Mannheim
Analysis
Online detection of organic trace substances in the effluent of sewage treatment plants (OnSpur)

The online sensor WATERTRACE was adapted to the matrix of treated wastewater and used to control the process of organic trace substances elimination in the fourth treatment stage. The TZW supported the partners with technical advice and ran…

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Analysis
Account for the substances discharged from municipal waste water treatment plants

As part of a monitoring project funded by the federal states and coordinated by the German Environment Agency, a wide range of waste water samples from 49 municipal treatment plants in Germany were chemically analysed to obtain information on the…

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Bottle with salt and organic
Analysis
Recycling of industrial saline process water (ReSalt)

Industrial process waters containing high levels of salt should be recycled in chlorine-alkali electrolysis after purification and enrichment steps. TZW has supported quality assurance and has helped to evaluate the treatment processes in the joint…

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